Quilts for Causes

Leader: Ellie Monroe

Ellie Monroe has sewn all her life, but did not start quilting until 2004, after her sister bought a long-arm quilting machine. After noting how willingly people
were to buy tickets for raffle quilts, she decided she could multiply the value of her charitable gifts by making raffle quilts for the causes she supports. In 2008, her raffle quilts made over $2600 for various organizations. She also makes quilts for donation to hospital nurseries, and Home of the Brave quilts for the families of deceased service members. She does not quilt commercially, but will make a quilt or provide machine quilting services in exchange for a donation of comparable value to a mutually agreed upon charity.

She is shown here with “A Brighter Day,” a quilt she made in March 2009 to be raffled to defray the medical expenses of an underinsured friend of another member of
MCCC.

(7/16/10) - As it turned out,
his expenses were met in other ways and the returned
quilt is now available for raffle by another
organization.